F&F Armenia May 2021(E)

Membership on Intergovernmental Committees, Commissions (by year of end of term): 2023: Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2021: Legal Committee of the 41st General Conference 2021: Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Country of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropri. [...] World Heritage Sites: 3 2000: The Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley 2000: The Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots 1996: The Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (extended in 2000) 17. [...] Tentative List: 4 properties 1995: The monastery of Noravank and the upper Amaghou Valley 1995: The archaeological site of the city of Dvin 1995: The basilica and archaeological site of Yererouk 1995: The monasteries of Tatev and Tatevi Anapat and the adjacent areas of the Vorotan Valley 18. [...] Legal instruments: 20 ratified and 20 non-ratified Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: non-ratified Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: accession (27 February 2007) 2/3 International Convention against Doping in Sport: ratification (17 February 2010) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Her. [...] Anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in: 2020-2021: 2 100th anniversary of the birth of Henri Verneuil (Ashot Malakian), film director, screenplay writer, dramatist and producer (1920 - 2002) (Armenia, with the support of France and Italy) 150th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Spendarian, composer and conductor (1871-1928) (with the support of Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Ir.